Planter.



'No. 829,204. Y PATENTED AWL-21, 1906. E. B. HAOKBURN, W. C. WILLBTT'&.D. F. DEPPE.

PLANTBR.

-LPPLIGATION FILED-APR. 19. 1905.

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wkgmay 3 No. 829,204. I .PATENTBD AUG. 21, 1906.

B. B. HAGKBURN, W. 0. WILLETT as; D. F. DEPPE.

PLANTBR. 1.

APPL IOATIO N FILED APR. 19. 1905.

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I PATENTBD AUG. 21. 1906. E. B. HAGKBURN, W. G. WILLETT & D. F. DEPPE.

PLANTER.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 19. 1905.

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attomwqs THE NQRRIS PETIRS cm, WASHINGTON, o. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OF NEWBERN, NORTH CAROLINA.

PLANTEiR.

Specification of Letters fatent.

Patented Au 21,1906.

Application filed April 19, 1905. Serial No. 256.348.

To all whom] it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EPHRAIM B. HACK- BURN, WILLIAM C. VVILLETT, andDENNIS F.

DEPPE, citizens of the United States, residing at Newbern, in the countyof Craven and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Planters, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to planters, and to that particular class used forplanting cotton-seed and corn. v

The object of our invention is to provide a planter which can be usedfor planting cot ton-seed or corn, the only change of parts necessarybeing the substitution of one set of dropper-plates for another.

With this and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as wil'lbe-hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the planter, showing one ofthe markers in its lower or operative position. Fig; 2 is a rear view ofthe planter, showing both markers raised. Fig. 3 is an enlargedsectional view of the cotton-seed hopper. Fig. 4 is a horizontalcross-section of the same through line A A, Fig; 3. Fig. 5 is a similarview through line B B, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a side view of the planter,showing the connection of the levers, which operate to raise and lowerthe several parts of the turning meeh anism. Fig. 7 is a side viewshowing how power is transmitted to the agitators and seeddroppers. Fig.8 is a horizontal crosssection of the corn-dropper. Fig. .9 is a vertical section of the same through line C C of Fig. 8, and Fig. 10 is adetail view of the clutch-operating mechanism.

In the'drawings, in which like numerals indicate corresponding partsthroughout the several views, 1 designates the main fram'eof theplanter, which we prefer to construct of iron. To this frame isjournaled' axle 2, carrying on its outer endwhee'ls 3'and 4.Angleirons'5 and 6 are pivoted at their rear endsto' the verticalportions of rod 7, said rod being secured to the sides of frame 1. Thefor ward ends of angle-irons 5 and 6 are secured to castings 8 on thelower end of adjustable hangers 9. To the center of rod 7 are boltedsupports 10', which are connected with the bottom of the seed-hopper 12.The fertilizer-hop'per 13 is secured to the forward part of the frameand is provided with stirrers 14 frame between axle 2 andfertilizer-hopper, keyed to which are three sprockets 17, 18, and 19.Sprocket17 is connected by chain l 20' to the main sprocket-wheel 21,which is fixed on sleeve 22. This sleeve is slidably mounted on the aXle2 and provided with 1 teeth on its outer face, which are adapted-toengage on the adjacent face of hub 23 of wheel 4. These faces are kept,in engagement by a coil-spring 24, encircling axle 2, said-spring beingadapted to exert a pressure against the end of sleeve 22.

Chain 25 connects a sprocket-wheel 18 to a sprocket-wheel (not shown) onshaft 26, said shaft being mounted under the fertilizer-hopper. Thisshaft also carries a sprocketwheel 27, which operates through chain 28to revolve stirrers 14 in hopper 13. Sprocket 19 1 connects withsprocket 29, which is carried 1 by shaft 30, said shaft being providedwith journals secured to the frame 1 and the'b'ottom of the seed-hopper.On the end of this shaft is a beveled gear 31, meshing with asimilargear 32, keyed to a shaft 60, mounted in the bottom'of theseed-hopper. Through these gears motion is transmitted to the movableparts of the seeddropper, a description of which will be hereinaftergiven.

Mounted on stub-shafts 33, secured to angle-irons 5 and 6, areopening-disks 34, adapt- 1 ed to open the furrow for the reception ofits fertilizer. There are two ofthese openingdisks and also twocovering-disks 35, mounted on stub-shafts 36, which are also secured toangle-irons 5 and 6 and are adapted to cover the fertilizer and list theland a little higher than the surface. These opening and covering disksmay be raised above the ground by the.followingmeehanism: Lever 37,pivoted at its lower end to'frame'l, is connected by rod 38 to arm 39,which is fixed to rock-shaft 40. Arm 41 is also fixed to shaft 40 andhas pivoted to it a rod 42, which is connected to the lower part ofhanger 9, said hanger being vertically movable through a and spo'ut 15.A shaft 16 is mounted in the slot in the tongue 43. When the lever 37 ismoved backward, the rod 38 operates through arm 39 to rock shaft 40 andraise arm 41.

'By this means the rod 42, which is attached to arm 41, lifts theforward ends of angle irons 5 and 6, together with the opening andcovering disks attached thereto.

Hanger 43 is vertically movable in guide 44 and has secured to its lowerend a V-shaped sweep 45, the apex or front of which forms an opener.Rods 46 are pivoted at their rear ends to the sides of frame 1, theirfront ends being secured in a like manner to the lower part of hanger43. Covering-arms 47 are attached to the sweep-blades and operate todrag on each side of the trench and throw the dirt over the seed whichis delivered from the hopper 12 through spout 48, located betweenattached. The upper end of the rod is secured in a similar manner to thearni56, fixed on shaft 54. This construction will operate upon movinglever 51 backward to lift the sweep, coverers,.and roller, as abovestated. A cam-face 51, (see Fig. 10,) provided on the ends of lever 51,engages a projection on rod 22. This rod is connected to sleeve 22 andoperates to disengage the clutch when drawn back by cam-face 51. Inorder to hold the parts controlled by levers 37 and 51 in the desiredposition, racks 57 and dogs 58 are rovided, said dogs being connected tohandevers 59,which are adapted to release them. While any style ofseed-droppers may be used in connection with this planter, we preferthose shown in the drawings. In the cotton-seed dropper illustrated inFigs. 3, 4, and 5, 12 indicates the sheet-metal hopper, having acast-iron bottom portion 12 Journaled in the center of the bottom 11 isa short shaft 60, having an angular portion extending up ward into thehopper 12. Mounted to revolve with the shaft 60 is a hub 61, havingresilient wings 62 of alength greater than the diameter of the hopper.These wings are swung backward bythe sides of the hopper. A disk 63rests upon lugs on the sides of the bottom portion 12 and is preventedfrom rotary movement by any suitable means. This disk is provided withan opening 64 having a regulating-slide 65. Resting on disk 63 is anagitator 66, rotated by shaft 60, said shaft having keyed to its lowerend a gear 32, meshing with gear 31, as before described. Spout 48 isbolted to the bottom portion 12? and communicates therewith throughopentrench, throwing the dirt therein.

said shaft.

ing 67 in the sides thereof. When the shaft 60 is revolved, the agitatorcauses the seed to fall through opening 64 to the bottom 11.. The bentwings 62 (also revolving) carry the seed around the inner periphery ofthe bottom portion 12 to the opening 64, out

through which it is forced, by the straighten-- the operator to lift thereaches by pressing down on said projections with his feet. The seat 73for the operator is located at the rear of the machine and is secured tothe frame by a spring-support 74.

The operation of our machine is as follows: The levers 37 and 51 beingin a forward position force the planting mechanism downward intoengagement with the ground, dogs 58 serving to hold them in saidposition. As the machine is moved forward the disks "34 will open afurrow, into which fertilizer drops through spout 15. Disks 35 throw thedirt inward over the fertilizer, a ridge being formed which is leveledby sweep 45. This sweep serves not only to level the earth, but also toclear away any trash which may be likely to prevent the seed fromfalling into the trench which is made by the opener formed at the frontof the blades of the sweep. The seed is dropped through spout 48 intothe trench and is covered by the coverers 47, which drag along the sideof the After the seed is covered the earth above it is packed by roller50. The moving parts of the seeddropper and fertilizer-hopper areoperated in the following manner: Main sprocket 21 is rotated by thetraction-wheel 4. Chain 20' connects sprocket 21 with sprocket 17 andoperates to revolve shaft 16, which in turn revolves sprockets 18 and19, fixed thereon. Sprocket 18 revolves shaft 26 through chain 25 and asprocket (not shown) located on Sprocket 27 revolves with shaft 26, onwhich it is secured, and operates through chain 28 to revolvestirrer-shaft 28 The sprocket 19 connects the sprocket 29, secured toshaft 30. This shaft is provided with a beveled gear 31, which mesheswith a similar gear 32, fixed to a shaft 60, upon which the spiders andagitators are mounted.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as novel, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A, seed-distributing mechanism comprising a hopper, a discharge-spoutleading from said hopper, a plate spanning the hopper and having anopening formed therethrough, a rotative agitating-disk located 1 0 abovesaid plate and a seed-discharging member having a plurality of curvedresilient arms which when straightened extend beyond the innerperipheral line of the hopper, said hopper having a discharge-openingformed in the side thereof near the bottom through which seed may bedischarged into the spout.

2. A seed-distributing mechanism comprising a hopper, a spout secured tosaid hopper at one side thereof near the bottom, an opening formedthrough the side wall of the hopper to form communication between theinterior of the hopper and the dischargespout, a plate spanning thehopper above said discharge-opening and having an opening formedtherethrough, an agitating-disk rotatably mounted above said plate and aseed-discharging device located below said plate and provided with aplurality of resilient arms, said arms when straightened being of suchlength as to extend beyond the wall of the hopper and through thedischargeopening thereof and means for imparting movement to saiddischarging device and said agitating-disk.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a hopperhaving a discharge-opening formed through the Wall thereof near thebottom, a discharge-spout secured to said hopper, a plate spanning saidhopper above the discharge-opening and having an opening therethrough,an agitatingdisk located above said plate, a discharging devicecomprising a rotative hub carrying a plurality of resilient arms, thelength of said arms and the radius of the hub being greater than theradius of the hopper and avshaft to which both the agitating-diskand'the discharging device are secured.

4. In a device of the character described,

the combination with a hopper having a false bottom and having an 0ening formed through said false bottom an also having adischarge-opening formed through the side wall thereof between the falsebottom and the bottom proper, of an agitating-disk mounted for rotativemovement immediately above the false bottom, a discharging-diskcomprising a hub having a plurality of resilient arms which whenstraightened extend beyond the wall of the hopper, located between thefalse bottom and the bottom proper is a shaft to which both theagitating-disk and the discharging-disk are secured.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination with acircular hopper having a false bottom through which an opening isformed, said hopper having a dischargeopening formed through the sidethereof between said false bottom and the bottom proper, of anagitating-disk located directly above said false bottom, adischarge-spout secured to the hopper adjacent the dischargeopening, adischarge mechanism comprising a hub carrying a plurality of resilientarms which when straightened extend beyond the wall of the hopper, ashaft to which both the agitating-disk and the discharge mechanism aresecured, a frame upon which the hopper is mounted, wheels upon whichsaid frame is mounted, connections between said wheels and the mechanismcontained in said hopper for imparting movement to said mechanism.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

' EPI-IRAIM B. HACKBURN.

WILLIAM C. WILLETT. DENNIS F. DEPPE.

Witnesses:

HENRY G. WUNsoH,

C. D. HARVEY.

